He began working at 11 and held a variety of jobs such as a barbershop, milk truck driver, a backyard worker and a wheat harvest .
Left school at the age of 13 and did odd jobs for several years.
Attended West Point for two weeks, before failing a math and grammar exam.
Volunteered in the military and was stationed in Guánica, Puerto Rico; in 1898.
Graduated from Lombard College in 1903 at the age of 18.
When he was about 18 years old he traveled through-out the Mildwest as a hobo.
Moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1910 and moved out in 1912.
For about 10 years he was active in Socialist Party politics in Wisconsin.
Carl Sandburg protested against the folly and waste of war.
Began writing as a journalist for the Chicago Daily News.
Wrote Rootabaga Stories in 1922, Rootabaga Pigeons in 1923, and Potato Face in 1930.
Started writing for Good Morning,America in 1928.
Wrote two biographies about Abraham Lincoln called Abraham Lincoln: the Prairie Years in 1926 and Abraham Lincoln: the War Years in 1939.
Won a Pulitzer Prize Award in 1940 for The War Years.
Won another Pulitzer Prize for his Complete Poems 1950.
His complete poems won the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
He died at his home in Flat Rock, North Carolina on July 22, 1967 at the age of 89. His wife followed 10 yrs later. Both of their remains were cremated and their ashes buried at Carl Sandburg's birthplace in Galesburg, Illinois beneath a large boulder named after Carl Sandburg's first and only novel, Remembrance Rock.
Sandburg's home of 22 years in Flat Rock, Henderson County, NC, is preserved by the National Park Service as the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site.
Interesting Facts
On January 6, 1978, the 100th anniversary of his birth, the United States Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp honoring Sandburg.
Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Illinois Urbana-Campaighn possesses the Carl Sandburg collection and archives.
Won three Pulitzer Prizes in his life.
Has a high school named after him, Carl Sandburg High Scool, in Oakland Park, Illinois. Also, he attended the opening in 1954 .
Has a library named after him,Carl Sandburg Library. It first opened in Livonia, Michigan, on December 10, 1961.
Amtrak, in Illinois, added a second train to on the Chicago-Quincy route, called the Carl Sandburg.
Portrait of Sandburg. (Photo 2)
Poems
River Moons
The double moon, one on the high backdrop of the west, one on the curve of the river face,
The sky moon of fire and the river moon of water, I am taking these home in a basket hung on an elbow, such a teeny-weeny elbow, in my head.
I saw them last night, a cradle moon, two horns of a moon, such an early hopeful moon, such a child's moon for all young hearts to make a picture of.
The river-I remember this like a picture- the river was the upper twist of a written question mark.
I know now it takes many many years to write a river, a twist of water asking a question.
And white stars moved when the moon moved and one red star kept burning, and the Big Dipper was almost overhead.
Dream Girl
You will come one day in a waver of love, Tender as dew, impetuous as rain, The tan of the sun will be on your skin, The purr of the breeze in your murmuring speech, You will pose with a hill-flower grace.
You will come, with your slim, expressive arms, A poise of the head no sculptor has caught And nuances spoken with shoulder and neck, Your face in a pass-and-repass of moods As many as skies in delicate change Of cloud and blue and flimmering sun.
Yet, You may not come, O girl of a dream, We may but pass as the world goes by And take from a look of eyes into eyes, A film of hope and a memoried day.
Carl Sandburg
Margaret
Many birds and the beating of wings
Make a flinging reckless hum
In the early morning at the rocks
Above the blue pool
Where the gray shadows swim lazy.
In your blue eyes, O reckless child,
I saw today many little wild wishes,
Eager as the great morning.
Quote Ispiring Change
"When a nation goes down or a society perishes, one condition may always be found -- they forgot where they came from."
-Carl Sandburg
This quote inspires change because it talks about a nation or a society falling by civil problems or another reason. The inhabitants then move to a new area and forget that the area they left was where they came from. This might happen a lot, like in the American colonies. When the colonies gained their independence, they forgot that their ancestors didn't come from the American continent, they came from England.
Sandburg at the 1950 Pulitzer Prize Awards. (Photo 3)
Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)
Adam, Bryce, Kanijah
Photo Story: River Moons
Sandburg at age 50. (Photo 1)
Bio-Facts
He began working at 11 and held a variety of jobs such as a barbershop, milk truck driver, a backyard worker and a wheat harvest .
Left school at the age of 13 and did odd jobs for several years.
Attended West Point for two weeks, before failing a math and grammar exam.
Volunteered in the military and was stationed in Guánica, Puerto Rico; in 1898.
Graduated from Lombard College in 1903 at the age of 18.
When he was about 18 years old he traveled through-out the Mildwest as a hobo.
Moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1910 and moved out in 1912.
For about 10 years he was active in Socialist Party politics in Wisconsin.
Carl Sandburg protested against the folly and waste of war.
Began writing as a journalist for the Chicago Daily News.
Wrote Rootabaga Stories in 1922, Rootabaga Pigeons in 1923, and Potato Face in 1930.
Started writing for Good Morning,America in 1928.
Wrote two biographies about Abraham Lincoln called Abraham Lincoln: the Prairie Years in 1926 and Abraham Lincoln: the War Years in 1939.
Won a Pulitzer Prize Award in 1940 for The War Years.
Won another Pulitzer Prize for his Complete Poems 1950.
His complete poems won the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
He died at his home in Flat Rock, North Carolina on July 22, 1967 at the age of 89. His wife followed 10 yrs later. Both of their remains were cremated and their ashes buried at Carl Sandburg's birthplace in Galesburg, Illinois beneath a large boulder named after Carl Sandburg's first and only novel, Remembrance Rock.
Interesting Facts
Portrait of Sandburg. (Photo 2)
Poems
River Moons
The double moon,one on the high backdrop of the west,
one on the curve of the river face,
The sky moon of fire
and the river moon of water,
I am taking these home in a basket
hung on an elbow,
such a teeny-weeny elbow,
in my head.
I saw them last night,
a cradle moon, two horns of a moon,
such an early hopeful moon,
such a child's moon
for all young hearts
to make a picture of.
The river-I remember this like a picture-
the river was the upper twist
of a written question mark.
I know now it takes
many many years to write a river,
a twist of water asking a question.
And white stars moved when the moon moved
and one red star kept burning,
and the Big Dipper was almost overhead.
Dream Girl
Tender as dew, impetuous as rain,
The tan of the sun will be on your skin,
The purr of the breeze in your murmuring speech,
You will pose with a hill-flower grace.
You will come, with your slim, expressive arms,
A poise of the head no sculptor has caught
And nuances spoken with shoulder and neck,
Your face in a pass-and-repass of moods
As many as skies in delicate change
Of cloud and blue and flimmering sun.
Yet,
You may not come, O girl of a dream,
We may but pass as the world goes by
And take from a look of eyes into eyes,
A film of hope and a memoried day.
Carl Sandburg
Margaret
Many birds and the beating of wings
Make a flinging reckless hum
In the early morning at the rocks
Above the blue pool
Where the gray shadows swim lazy.
In your blue eyes, O reckless child,
I saw today many little wild wishes,
Eager as the great morning.
Quote Ispiring Change
"When a nation goes down or a society perishes, one condition may always be found -- they forgot where they came from."
-Carl Sandburg
This quote inspires change because it talks about a nation or a society falling by civil problems or another reason. The inhabitants then move to a new area and forget that the area they left was where they came from. This might happen a lot, like in the American colonies. When the colonies gained their independence, they forgot that their ancestors didn't come from the American continent, they came from England.
Sandburg at the 1950 Pulitzer Prize Awards. (Photo 3)
Bibliography
Bio-Facts + Interesting Facts
www.wikipedia.com
Photo 1
http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/carl/story/growingup/CARL30461Younger.jpg
Photo 2
http://www.yourdailypoem.com/i/Carl_Sandburg.jpg
Photo 3
http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/sandburg/sandburg
Poems
River Moons + MargaretSandburg, C. (1960). Wind Song. Chicago,IL: Henry Holt & Company, Inc.
Photostory
Hammer and Nailhttp://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/5921833/2/istockphoto_5921833-hammer-amp-nail.jpg
First River
http://rivers.sdsu.edu/rivers_script_100720_01.jpg
Second River
http://www.srielkins.com/assets/images/photography/blue/river.jpg
Moon and Stars
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0109/moonstars_noao_big.jpg
Red Star
http://static.desktopnexus.com/thumbnails/51825-bigthumbnail.jpg
Big Dipper
http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/03/17/0001212397/bigdipper_carboni_f.jpg